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Dan Szymborski examines five in-house upgrades for contending MLB teams, including the Washington Nationals calling up Anthony Rendon.

Story | Conversation | May 21, 2013

The Astros have a decent shot of catching the 1962 Mets for worst record ever, writes Dan Szymborski. That's the bad news. The good news is that being historically bad for one season doesn't make the rebuilding process take longer.

Story | Conversation | May 14, 2013

Each April, new breakout stars are born, but often those hot starts are just a fluke. Dan Szymborski looks at players whose strong starts are a sign of real improvement, such as Dexter Fowler, Yu Darvish, Carlos Gomez and Lucas Duda.

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2013

You can't win a playoff spot in April, but you can lose one. Dan Szymborski looks at the teams that have hurt their playoff odds the most through April.

Story | Conversation | April 30, 2013

As a reminder: Odds to win AL East, March 25 (Bovada.lv) Blue Jays +160 Rays +250 Yankees +350 Red Sox +550 Orioles +750 AL East projected standings, March 26 (Dan Szymborski's ZiPS system) Blue Jays -- 94-68 Rays -- 88-74 Red Sox -- 84...

Some thoughts on Thursday's slate of games ... ESPN Insider Dan Szymborski wrote the other day that it's time to break up the Phillies and it's hard to argue with that assessment after their recent results. The Pirates won 6-4 to take three out ...

Dan Szymborski says it's time for the Phillies to rebuild, and taking a page out of the Red Sox's playbook is a good place to start.

Story | Conversation | April 22, 2013

Dan Szymborski looks at a handful of players whose projections have already changed significantly since the preseason.

Story | Conversation | April 18, 2013

Small sample size or not, Dan Szymborski points out five early-season trends that are worth worrying about.

Story | Conversation | April 08, 2013

Dan Szymborski looks at the best and worst decisions of spring training. Atop his list is the Boston Red Sox deciding to start Jackie Bradley Jr. in left field as a beneficial move.

Story | Conversation | April 02, 2013

Join us as we discuss the first day of the 2013 baseball season. We'll have David Schoenfield, Jayson Stark, Jim Caple, Jerry Crasnick, Molly Knight and Dan Szymborski here chatting along all day long....

Join us as we discuss the first day of the 2013 baseball season

In ESPN.com's American League East preview, the Red Sox are projected to finish in last place in the division for a second straight season. ESPN Insider Dan Szymborski and ESPN The Mag's Tim Kurkjian combined to come up with each team's best- and ...

Dan Szymborski usesthe ZiPS projection system to bring you the best play prop bets for 2013.

Story | Conversation | March 29, 2013

How many games will the New York Yankees win? Dan Szymborski's ZiPS system projects the Yankees to win 83 games -- good for fourth in a tough AL East where all five teams are projected to finish over .500. But that's a projection -- the middle gro...

Unveiling the top 10 of the BBTN 500.